Ticket-holder for hats.



No. 807,570. PATENTED DEC 19 1905 H. B. MORRIS.

TICKET HOLDER FOR HATS.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.9,1904.

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HARRY B. MORRIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TICKET-HOLDER FOR HATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed December 9, 1904. Serial No. 236,108.

To (Ll/Z whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY B. MORRIS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the borough of Manhattan, city and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new Article of Manufacture, entitled Ticket-Holderfor Hats, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to means for carrying tickets within or connectedwith a hat, cap, or other head-gear, and is so arranged that a singleticket may be extracted at will without exposing the others, all ofwhich will be fully described hereinafter.

The invention consists of a ticket or card carrier or guard secured toand behind the sweat-band of a hat or cap, and may be composed of anymetallic substance, celluloid, oiled silk, or any vegetable fiber knownto the. arts. The ticket-carrier is so arranged that it will enable theticket or card to be withdrawn or detached from behind the sweatbandwith great ease, all of which will be fully pointed out in the claimhereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a hat inwhich is shown the main features of my invention. Fig. 2 represents aribbon of railroad tickets or cards in perspective, which illustratesthe position they assume when placed behind the sweatband of the hat.Fig. 3 represents a part of the carrier or guard in perspective anddetached'from the sweat-band. Fig. 4 is a view of a portion of asweat-band detached, in which is shown the vertically-arranged slitreinforced with a thin sheet of metal, leather, or celluloid. It alsoshows a slit or perforation arranged at right angles thereto, tlfieobject of which will be explained hereina ter.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings, inwhicha represents the interior portion of a hat, and b the sweat-band,connected therewith in the usual Way. The said sweat-band b is providedwith the vertical slit or perforation c, to the edge of which is securedthe clip k, integral with the carrier i, through which is drawn theticket (1 before it shall have been detached from the ribbon of tickets6, located behind the sweat-band and in juxtaposition with the interiorside or portion of the body of the hat.

In the modification Fig. 4, f represents a portion of a sweat-band I),having the slit or perforation reinforced by the sheet-metal eyelet g.It could be reinforced with any other substance, such as celluloid,oiled silk, or by thread of silk, linen, cotton, or wire lock-stitdhedin the usualway. Opposite to and at right angles to the slit 0 isarranged an elongated slot or perforation h, the latter of which exposesat all times a ticket which can be moved forward to be detached when byaccident it should not have been put in position as shown in Fig. 1.

The modification shown in Fig. 3 represents a portion of a sheet-metalticket-carrier i detached. It will be observed that the metal is bentupward and forms an elongated U-shaped channel, in which the ribbon oftickets or cards is to be placed. One portion of this carrier t is cutout and bent back so as to form a clip 7c, the latter adapted to passthrough the slit of the sweat-band and pressed tightly against the bodyof the sweatband, thus holding it firmly in position.

Mode of operation: The ribbon of tickets is placed within the carrier '5behind the sweat-band b and will remain in position as shown in Fig. 2.The forward and outer ticket is allowed to slightly project, so as to beeither shoved or pulled out preparatory to detaching the same.

It will of course be obvious that a great many tickets may be carriedwithin the hat without interfering with its inner contour or the fit oradjustment on the head of the person wearing the hat.

This invention will be found to be of great convenience to a gentlemanwearing gloves, who can easily extract a ticket without removing thegloves from his hand, which he would be obliged to do if it werenecessary to thrust his hand into his pocket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

Ahat having a sweat-band, the sweat-band having a vertical slit, anannular U-shaped ticket-holder, having a clip, the ticket-holder beingplaced between the body of the hat and the sweat-band, and the clipengaging one edge of the vertical slit, substantially as shown anddescribed.

Signed at New York city, borough of Manhattan, and State of New York,this 6th day of December, A. D. 1904.

HARRY B. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

MARIE OTTERsTEN, JAMES BELL.

